Weekly roundup: May 21-27
Posted: May 27, 2012 Filed under: link Leave a comment »Articles
McGuinty’s penchant for consultation raises questions from The Globe and Mail
Wrongs and rights: how did Quebec’s student standoff come to this? from Maclean’s
Retired Toronto police officer questions need for bar inside headquarters from Toronto Sun
Why do we keep falling for bubbles – and will we ever learn? from The Globe and Mail
Walled from the world from Financial Post
“While the Men Watch” is sexist from The Score
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Chair Michael Thompson says he visited MaRS recently, then clarifies to quell chuckling: "Not the planet, Councillor Vaughan."
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Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 22, 2012If the govt can't find an ally for its non-budgetary measures, it should try harder or admit it doesn't really have confidence of the House.
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kady o'malley (@kady) May 24, 2012Video
^ via kottke.org
^ via thisiscolossal
Weekly roundup: May 14-20
Posted: May 20, 2012 Filed under: link Leave a comment »Articles
Mario Batali a hungry chef on food stamp challenge from Associated Press
How Yahoo killed Flickr and lost the Internet from Gizmodo
Test train begins rolling on $1.4 billion west LRT line from Calgary Herald
Egypt’s presidential debate was a historic triumph for democracy. So why did we ignore it? from National Post
A call for Canadian charities to become more politically active from Toronto Star
Jim Flaherty calls a family meeting [about EI reform] from National Post
RCMP conducted five-month national security probe into leaked F-35 story from Winnipeg Free Press
Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair must own up to G20 mistakes or step down from Toronto Star [I agree with the Post’s Chris Selley that he should both own up and then step down, not do one or the other.]
What would a Canada of 100 million feel like? More comfortable, better served, better defended from The Globe and Mail
Quebec’s protest crackdown: It’s not just rights that make it wrong from Maclean’s
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I found a "Yellow Pages" on my doorstep. It seems some misguided chap tried to print out the whole damn Google!
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Matthew Might (@mattmight) May 16, 2012RT @calgarylibrary: “You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” ~Ray Bradbury
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TJ Kendon (@tjkendon) May 18, 2012Police called to Don River near Bloor. Pierre Berton spotted making love in a canoe. At least that's what he called it. Some shots fired.
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Bert Xanadu (@MovieMayor) May 18, 2012Video
How to use a paper towel
^ via Jane
Podcast
What was the letter that changed your life? from CBC’s DNTO
Weekly roundup: May 7-13
Posted: May 13, 2012 Filed under: link Leave a comment »Articles
Opting-out of CETA: what does it means for London? from helmer.ca
Why modern-day tax revolts are doomed to fail from The Globe and Mail
Dutch disease? Economic hypochondria from The Globe and Mail
Rob Ford loses another vote at council by a big margin—but council should take him seriously on OMB appeals from OpenFile
In Quebec, a premier surrenders to mob rule from National Post
The iPhone, an automobile for your mind from kottke.org
Ontario to rewrite Sunshine Law after Sun reporter spots loophole from Toronto Sun
The Conservatives send in the clowns from National Post
Global conspiracy to make Canada’s energy debate sound ridiculous from Maclean’s
Plane of ‘highest scoring’ living Canadian fighter ace found in Egypt from National Post
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@kady Life is WASTED without stories about high school students wearing dubiously-controversial attire.
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James McLeod (@TelegramJames) May 07, 2012Guys, I think I just saw Steven Page on an online dating site. #barenakedwithladies
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Sofi Typewriter (@sexytypewriter) May 08, 2012It's sort of meta how Fantino keeps bemoaning having to repeat the same answers over and over again. #CotW
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kady o'malley (@AltKady) May 10, 2012it's like it never occurred to him that perhaps those answers don't actually respond to the questions being asked. #CotW
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kady o'malley (@AltKady) May 10, 2012Canadians want an effective climate change policy. They just don't want one that will inconvenience them in any way.
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Stephen Gordon (@stephenfgordon) May 12, 2012Weekly roundup: April 30 – May 6
Posted: May 6, 2012 Filed under: link Leave a comment »Articles
A recent spike: Canada’s abandoned railway lines given second life by search for cheaper transport from National Post
The government’s selective defence of freedom from Ottawa Citizen
Lions invade wealthy Nairobi suburb from Toronto Star
Bill C-38 shows us how far Parliament has fallen from National Post
Urban prosperity in the RED from The Globe and Mail
The big secret: Banks are banks from Worthwhile Canadian Initiative
The worst way to judge a charity from Los Angeles Times
The lessons Ontario should learn from the Ornge scandal from The Globe and Mail
Cheezies inventor dies in Belleville, Ont., at 90 from Toronto Star
That’s Cheezies with a Zed from CBC’s The Sunday Edition
Harper move to defund political charities might be partisan, but it’s also right from National Post
Cemetery from Financial Post [This is really important, especially in light of Ornge.]
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Every time you think this city has gone through the looking glass, it finds another looking glass in there and goes through that one too.
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Ivor Tossell (@ivortossell) May 03, 2012RT @kvey: True story: I once confronted some people standing outside my ravine lot and staring at my house. I ended up selling it to them.
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John Michael McGrath (@jm_mcgrath) May 03, 2012Funny how the media's presumption of innocence only extends after a conviction and exhausted appeals for some. #ConradBlack
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John Michael McGrath (@jm_mcgrath) May 03, 2012Best part about ordering pizza: Even if you're indifferent about ordering it, by the time it arrives, you're so hungry it doesn't matter.
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Dustin Parkes (@dustinparkes) May 06, 2012Video
Weekly roundup: April 23-29
Posted: April 29, 2012 Filed under: link Leave a comment »Articles
New parking policies better deal from San Fransisco Examiner
Is the PD day broken? Professional development days may do little to improve teaching from National Post
How OECD countries generate tax revenue from Worthwhile Canadian Initiative
AEG should offer Farmers Field patrons free public transit from Los Angeles Times
The idea that we can’t debate abortion is unworthy of a democratic country from National Post
The form letter to cure all Harper government missteps from The Globe and Mail
Bronze Stampede sculpture gold for Alberta artists from Calgary Herald
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RT @amyboughner: Can someone ask Bev Oda why it didn't occur to her that the expenses were unacceptable until after she got caught?
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Kate Heartfield (@kateheartfield) April 24, 2012Amazing how many Conservative Ministers have "Other apologies" sections on their Wikipedia pages. #cdnpoli
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Tabatha Southey (@TabathaSouthey) April 24, 2012So, if a national portrait gallery is a no-go, maybe the government would back a Royal Museum of Face Pictures? #cdnpoli
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Kate Heartfield (@kateheartfield) April 27, 2012RT @andrew_leach: You'd think that of all the things our "progressive" parties could get behind, eliminating 200+% taxes on staple foods ...
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Andrew Coyne (@acoyne) April 28, 2012Don't understand what a MGR says while he argues a call. Always seem to have so much to say, but what can it be, beyond "Looked safe to me."
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Dustin Parkes (@dustinparkes) April 28, 2012
